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Read more about the article A New Project Finished!

A New Project Finished!

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:February 6, 2018
  • Post category:Blog/Writing
  • Post comments:7 Comments

Last Friday, I typed the words "THE END" into a new young adult manuscript that I've been working on for most of the past year. I started it at the…

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Read more about the article Traveling Through Time with Author Katherine Locke

Traveling Through Time with Author Katherine Locke

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:November 29, 2017
  • Post category:Blog/Germany/Writing
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Interview with author Katherine Locke about writing historical fiction and time travel, publishing with a small press, and the art of book promotion.

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Read more about the article Get Discovered: The YA Discovery Contest

Get Discovered: The YA Discovery Contest

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:October 11, 2017
  • Post category:Blog/Writing
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Announcing the 8th Annual YA Discovery Contest from Regina Brooks at Serendipity Literary Agency. No synopsis, no problem. Here's what she's looking for.

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Read more about the article The Time Has Come for Three Balls of Wool (Can Change the World)

The Time Has Come for Three Balls of Wool (Can Change the World)

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:October 5, 2017
  • Post category:Blog/Chile/International/Languages/Portugal/Writing
  • Post comments:3 Comments

Release day for the Amnesty International co-sponsored Three Balls of Wool (Can Change the World), a picture book of a refugee family in their new home.

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Read more about the article Banned Books Week 2017: Authors on the Front Lines

Banned Books Week 2017: Authors on the Front Lines

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:September 30, 2017
  • Post category:Blog/Writing
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Authors and editors of books for young people discuss different forms of censorship and how to defend diverse books in a panel organized by PEN America.

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Read more about the article The Republic of Cruelty

The Republic of Cruelty

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:September 6, 2017
  • Post category:Blog/Germany/International
  • Post comments:8 Comments

With the revocation of DACA, The U.S. government has just precipitated a humanitarian crisis, and the whole world is watching.

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Read more about the article We Need Diverse International Books

We Need Diverse International Books

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:July 9, 2017
  • Post category:Blog/International/Languages
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Recapping a panel at the American Library Association annual conference on translated literature for teens and a recommendation of a timely translation.

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Read more about the article The Literature of Witness

The Literature of Witness

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:March 25, 2017
  • Post category:Blog/Writing
  • Post comments:3 Comments

The importance of #ownvoices authors and their literature of witness for a new generation of African-American teens as we confront a nation in crisis.

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Read more about the article Publishing and Resistance

Publishing and Resistance

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:March 19, 2017
  • Post category:Blog/Writing
  • Post comments:6 Comments

Remembering how YA literature changed after the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and why we may still have weighty books about diversity and #resistance today.

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Read more about the article Teens Resist: Historical and International Perspectives

Teens Resist: Historical and International Perspectives

  • Post author:Lyn Miller-Lachmann
  • Post published:February 20, 2017
  • Post category:Blog/International
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Twelve books for preteen and teen readers that portray young people as political activists in the U.S. and throughout the world in the 20th century.

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